Discard Trope: Like a Married Couple

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Like a Married Couple

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Stock phrase. If two characters (usually with lots of UST) are either arguing with each other or just getting along well, someone is apt to comment that they behave just like a married couple (usually to indicate that they seem to be familiar and comfortable with one another, either just straight up or that they are so comfortable with each other that they can argue openly)

Justice League: The episode "Hearts and Minds" opens with Hawkgirl and Green Lantern arguing in the middle of repairing the Watchtower. The Flash walks by and remarks, "Geez, you two sound like an old married couple." HG and GL are then completely silent (presumably from embarrassment).

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in Harry Potter. This troper was personally always pretty certain they would end up together from the first book, what with their bickering like an old married couple from the age of eleven.

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